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Share your Shave of the Day for Wednesday!

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[–] pi_dash_rho@wetshav.ing 4 points 4 days ago

SOTD - 2026-02-18: BVWSC

  • Prep: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original Shave Oil
  • Bowl: Captain's Choice - Obsidian Copper
  • Brush: Semogue - Owners' Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
  • Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3++
  • Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless
  • Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original
  • Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original Balm
  • Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
  • Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original - EdT
  • Tool: WSDB
  • Tags: $discord $ASS out $TLC in

Today is a meeting of the Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club. We're using good ol' Tabac Original, in part, as a protest against Big Postal and international shipping cartels. :)

As far as the ASS-HOLE TLC contest, I'm taking an airbud for the day, though using Varen as a 50% scent match was tempting.

Atlas TLC Scorecard

Category Δ
DT Soap (6) 0 0
DT Brand (4) 36 0
DT Scenter (3) 0 0
Half of the scent notes (2) 0 0
Airbudding the day 4 +1
Cross posting 13 +1
Snitching 0 0
Snitching incorrectly 0 0
Engagement Booster 13 +1
Total 66 +3

Have a good day.